クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「In honour of Flag Day, we're spotlighting here the 'other' Star-Spangled Banner — namely the flag that Francis Scott Key saw flying over Fort McHenry on the morning of 14 September 1814, which inspired him to write what became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem. 🇺🇸⠀ .⠀ The flag, pictured here in the mid-19th century, measured 30 x 42 ft. when it was sewn by Mary Pickersgill during the summer of 1813. It was this flag that Key saw above Fort McHenry when the British ceased their 25-hour naval bombardment of the fort and began their withdrawal from Baltimore. This flag can now be seen at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.⠀ .⠀ Interestingly, during the night of 13 September, Key would not have seen that huge garrison flag flying over the Fort due to rain that prevailed for much of the bombardment. Additionally, an enormous soaked garrison flag would have snapped the flagpole. ⠀ .⠀ So what exactly did Key see 'through the night'? The answer can be found in Mary Pickersgill's contract, which called for an enormous garrison flag as well as a smaller, 17 x 25 ft. storm flag. It would have been this smaller 'Star-Spangled Banner' that endured the most of the bombardment.⠀ .⠀ Over the course of the 19th century, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' became the favored choice of music for military bands when raising or lowering the flag. The custom had become so common by the early 1920s that it helped propel a movement to make the song the national anthem by 1931. This month we're offering an extremely rare 1814 edition of the 'Baltimore Patriot' — including the first newspaper publication of Key's historic poem.⠀ .⠀ The first dated printing of 'The Star Spangled Banner', Francis Scott Key, 20 September 1814. Printed in the 'Baltimore Patriot and Evening Advertiser', Vol IV, No. 59. Estimate: $300,000-500,000.⠀ .⠀⠀ The Open Book: Fine Travel, Americana, Literature and History in Print and Manuscript — 2-18 June, online.⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #starspangledbanner #historicalnewspapers #francisscottkey #america #americanhistory #june14 #nationalanthem #flagday #onlineauction #auction #history @peter_klarnet_christies @americanantiquarian」6月14日 16時03分